@dushman the thing is that this isn't unique to git. a lot of programmers don't really know how to use *anything* their job requires. there's a reason why the stereotypical programmer joke is copypasting everything from stackoverflow or not understanding how your own code works; it's because most programmers don't bother to actually learn or understand anything they're doing, because they don't care, because they're forced to use tools that are extremely shitty and unproductive and unergonomic to work with. like basically every mainstream technology, every mainstream programming language, has so much stupid bullshit that makes it inefficient to actually work with. there's this and then there's tech being an industry that runs on hype and speculation, "move fast and break things" type shit of doing nothing resembling "engineering" despite calling themselves such. and this translates to all the hype around working in tech to make money, since for most people, especially young people, it's also one of the only options left for making a decent living.

so the programmers can't necessarily even be blamed for it either. it's a systemic issue. the tech industry is a total fucking joke all the way down